Meaning of kif | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acronym of Knowledge Interchange Format.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect.
   uncountable
3. The state of relaxed stupor induced by cannabis.
   uncountable
4. The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana, high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds.
   uncountable

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Examples

“The kief, which is the flower and seeds of the plant⟳, is the strongest, and a pipe of it half the size of a common English tobacco-pipe, is sufficient to intoxicate.”

“I perceived the odour of kif, and recognised the voices of Selam the Second, Abd-el-Rhaman, and others; it was an Arab orgie in full swing⟳.”

“The trade⟳ goods – Persian rugs, salt, muskets, kif – trailed out behind them over the dunes, still lashed to the backs of rotting animals.”

“[…]then hung around the special Silver-Key-Members’ Lounge with the other ladies[…]smoking kif and making extremely delicate and oblique fun of their husbands’ sexual idiosyncrasies, […]”

“‘Some taxi driver, a Maghrebian…he suddenly swerved. They smoke⟳ kief, you know⟳.’”

“Kif melts the brain; dexemyl sharpens the edges. (Kif makes you drift—makes you forget⟳ what someone said a minute before–hard to follow⟳ a long story or joke, […])”

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